How about Minister for Culture whilst we’re at it? Envy is a curious thing, especially when you feel that you always get the short end of the stick in your family of doctors and recognition. Having stepped on a back or two to get what he got, it hasn’t been enough since 2009.

He’s been busy arranging meetings for Joseph since then. The wink a clinch type. Check the character parametres for these though. FBI investigations and all. This one’s worse than Toni, Tony and Franco put together. Your Jekyll and Hyde par excellence. Joseph’s inspiration. Mintoff’s roadmap by Joseph’s admission. Zero values.

Whatever Mario can do, I can do better. Forget friendships. These are serious matters. Halls of fame and world tours beckon. Roots unite.

Imma z-zejt f’wicc l-ilma jitla.

Though we have to admit that a good testimonial always projects positive vibes.

He can forget it – I am sure that no one will take it away from Raphael Vella.

The point of my question is that most opinion polls say that PL lead PN by approx 10%. Not even in 1987 did the PN beat MLP by 10%.

There’s also a 15 – 20% “unkown”. This level of uncertainty would knock the wind out of anyone’s sail.

The only comparable thing would be the build up to the 1996 elections – everybody was “bored” of Fenech Adami and Sant’s MLP appeared reformed enough for most people to give it a chance.

As a matter of fact, Benito declared war on the Western democracies AFTER France had capitulated in mid-June 1940 – and not before. His argument, presumably, was that ‘the going’ was actually good till then and, presumably, would be even better in the future.

As history has shown, however, Benito was very mistaken at that time – and had to pay very heavily for his mistakes later on. And, incidentally, so did the whole of Italy!

Mhux ‘forsi’. Zgurissmu!

No. He was born that way and quite proud of it.